Tool-box for ford autos.



S. E. PARRISH.

TOOL BOX FOR FORD AUTOS.

APPLICATION ElLED OCT. 21. my.

8737380 Patented Dec. 1?, I918.

STEPHEN E. PARRISII, 0F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

TOOL-BOX FOR FORD AUTOS.

Application filed October 27, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN E. PARRISH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Boxes for Ford Autos; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to an attachment for vehicles havin special reference to a receptacle adapted or attachment to a motor vehicle at the rear of and below the front seat of the vehicle, and one in which tools or the like may be stored when not in use. In many motor vehicles, and especially in the well known type of Ford touring car,

underneath and back of thefront seat of said vehicle there isprovided a recess extending the full -width of the body of the vehicle, and it is in this recess that I contemplate placing the receptacle and installing it so that the same may be readily operated for access to the tools or other articles contained therein.

For an understanding of the construction.

and use of my invention reference may be had to the accompanying drawings showing the same, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the receptacle.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof,'and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a motor vehicle havin my invention applied thereto, a part of t 0 side of the body of the vehicle being broken away to better disclose the installation.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the several views of the drawings.

In the construction of the receptacle I provide two rigid ends 1 of the outline shown in Fi s. 1 and 2, connecting which I use, preferably, a section of sheet metal which is bent around the ends, thereby providing a vertical rear side 2, a relatively narrow base 3, and an inclined side 4 which terminates in a vertical section 5 spaced from and substantially paralleling the sides 2 heretofore described. The upper side of the receptacle is open and side 2 extends a short distance above the ends 1 as indicated at 6. Any suitable fastening members, such as nails 7 or the like, may pass through the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

Serial No. 198,797.

sides of the receptacle into said ends 1 to permanently secure the same together as shown. The receptacle may be divided into compartments by means of partitions 1 identical in shape with the ends 1, to which the sides of the receptacle are also connected by means of nails 7 A greater or less number of the partitions 1 may be used as desired and may be located at any desired points in the length of the receptacle.

A bar 8 is located lengthwise of and on the outside of the side 2 of the receptacle, at each end carrying a depending pin 9, each of which passes loosely through a pair of guide eyes or staples 10 which are secured adjacent each end of the receptacle as shown. The bar passes throu h a relatively long staple guide 11 which is attached to the receptacle at the partition 1 therein as shown,-

the staple being of suflicient length to permit the bar having a limited range of vertical movement. A screw eye member 12 is fixed to the bar 8 and is adapted in one position to come in conjunction with a loop 13 turned in the guide 11 so that a lock 14 may be engaged therewith to lock the bar against movement. In such position of the bar, the lower ends of the pins 9 extend below the lower edges or bottom of the receptacle, and on removal of the lock it is evident that the bar and attached pins may be elevated to bring the lower ends of said pins above, or at least flush with, the lower ed es of the re-.

'ceptacle. The bar may be o any suitable material, and in practice I prefer to make it of wood and cover the same with a thin sheet metal-covering.

This receptacle is adapted to be. placed back of and below the front seat, indicated at 15 in Fig. 3, of a motor vehicle, particularly one of the Fordtouring car type, the

- same inserting into the recess back of and underneath said seat, so that the vertical side 2 of the receptacle lies substant1ally in alinementwith the back of the seat, while the end sides 4 and 5 and bottom of the receptacle insert into said opening. The up the pins, when entered into said openings,

hold the box or receptacle in place. The bar 8 is adapted to serve as a foot rest and to protect the receptacle from injury. If at any time access to the articles carried thereby is desired, it is merely necessary to 1111- look the lock 14, lift the bar 8 and attached pins 9 so as to disengage the receptacle and remove it from the recess.

The device described is of simple and economical construction and may be readily applied in the manner stated to motor vehicles, especially of the one type noted. Such receptacle is a convenient accessory as, in the same, the various tools and the like which must be carried with motor vehicles may be stored without the necessity of having a tool box on the running board of the vehicle as usual heretofore. Also many other small articles may be conveniently carried and held compactly and at the same time be readily accessible.

I claim:

1. In combination with a vehicle, a vehicle seat having an under cut recess at the back and lower side extending substantially the full length thereof, of a receptacle having ends, bottom and sides and an open top inserted in said recess with the back of the receptacle forming a substantial continuation of the back of the seat below the same, and means for detachably connecting the receptacle adjacent each end thereof to adjacent portions of the vehicle to hold the receptacle in the recess, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a vehicle, a vehicle seat having an under cut recess at the lower portion of the back of said seat extending the full length of the seat, a receptacle inserted in said recess, said receptacle having a rear side disposed in substantial alinement with the back of the vehicle seat, and forming a downward continuation of the back of the same, and an upper extension to the rear side of the receptacle bearing against the back of said seat immediately above said recess, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a vehicle, a vehicle seat having an under cut recess at the back and lower side thereof extending substantially the full width of the vehicle, a receptacle inserted into the recess and filling the same, manually operable detachable connections between each end of the receptacle and adjacent portions of the vehicle under and adjacent the ends of said receptacle, and means to lock said connections against operation, substantially as described.

4:. In combination with a Vehicle, a vehicle seat having an'under cut recess at the back and lower side thereof, a receptacle inserted into the recess and filling the same, and a pin slidably mounted and positioned vertically on each end of the receptacle with the lower ends of said pins normally extending below the bottom of the receptacle and entering openings in adjacent portions of the vehicle to thereby detachably connect the receptacle to the vehicle.

5. In combination, an elongated receptacle having sides, ends and bottom and an open top, a bar located lengthwise of and on the outside of one of the sides of the receptacle, a pin depending from each end of the bar and having slidable connection with the receptacle at each end thereof, an eye member.

attached to the bar, a member attached to the receptacle through which the bar loosely passes, said member permitting a limited range of movement to the bar over the receptacle, and a loop formed in said member adapted to come into conjunction with the eye member in the bar to receive a lock to thereby lock the bar in one position of its movement, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

STEPHEN E. PARRISH. 

